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No. 752,069. 7 l PATENTED FEB. 16, 1904 0. J. HANEBAUER. ATTAGHMEHT FOR MACHINES FOR PERFORATING STRIPS.

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UNITED STATES.

CHARLES J HANFBAUER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

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- SPEGHIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,069, dated February 16, 1904.

Application filed K8120, 1902.

To all whom it may concern:

Be, it known that 1, CHARLES J. Hnnrnnunn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and State ciple, so as to distinguish it from other inventions.

My invention relates to machines forperiorating strips, such as that shown and described in- United States Patent No. 654,115, issued July 17 1900, to TolbertLanston, and similar machines in which a movable line-indicating member having a retrograde movement is employed, The invention relates particularlyto means for automatically and variably limiting the retrcgrade movement of said indicating member,

theobject of such invention being an increase in the facility of operation of such strip-perforating machine.

Said invention consists of means hereinafter fully described, and specifically set, forth in the claims.

. The annexed drawings and the following de- I scription set forth in detail certain mechanism embodying the invention,such disclosed means of various mechanical forms in which the principle of the invention.

constituting but one may be used. g r

In said annexed drawings, Figure I represents aside elevation ofa .Lanston strip-pet'- forating. machine embodying my invention,

Fig. II reprcsentsan enlarged detail' front view of a part of my invention, showing also ad acent parts-of said perforating-machine.

- FigoIII represents an axial section of a cyl* inder employed and I forming part of my invention, and Fig. IV- represents an end'view ofsame looking in the direetiomindicated-by the arrow in Fig. III. Figs. Vand VI-represent front elevation and top plan views. respectively, of the. frame for supporting said cylinder; and, VII and VIII represent an end view and vertical section of said frame,

respectively. Fig. IX represents an enlarged Serial No. 102,252. on model.)

vertical section takenupon the plane indicated by the line 9 9 in Fig. II. Fig. X represents a transverse section taken on the plane. indicated by the said line 9 9 looking in the direction opposite from that indicated by said arrow. Figs. XI and X11 represent, respectively, a detail perspective view of an adjustable'lug and a lag spacer or strip usedin connection with my said invention.

Fig. XIII represents a vertical sectional view 6 (if a casing, pistons, cylinders, and valves for controlling the operation of my invention.

Fig. XIV represents .a vertical sectign of a portion of the keyboard and pressure-chamber of said strip-perforating machine, in which 5 is seated the restoring key and valve and an auxiliary key and valve instrumental in controlling the operation of my said invention. Figs. XV and XVI represent vertical sections ofbuttons which may 'be used on thefinger- 7 "keys, illustratingin part a modified method for carrying the operation of my said invention. 1

In the following. description the numerals used are those used in the above-named patent and used for designating the parts which are the same in function as'those hereinafter referred to bysuch numerals.

Extending across the machine in iront A the units-wheel 64= is a guide or track (not shown) supported by the frame 63, Fig. I, and having upon its front side a line-scale (also not shown) for indicating the space remaining unfilled by characters'in a line or indicating the length of the lise already set, as understood from the description of the lineindicator, page 10, of the above-named patcut.- Sliding in this track .is a line rack-bar 122, Fig. II, which meshes with a pinion 123 on the front end of the units-wheelshaftfifx, 9,

whereby, it will be seen, the said rack-bar will move in accordance with either direction of vmotion of the units-wheel 64. An indicating-finger (not'fshown) is; suitably mounted "upon the frameand cooperates with the scale 95 in indicating the'length of the line, as willbereadily understood. It will hence be seen that the length of the line may be regulated by limiting the retrograde movement of the rackbar 122, and the means employed inthema-i will be .it would be necessary to change the position of the" stop by hand as many times as there are columns while performing the operation required for a single line. 'By my invention, however, such means for variably determinling the extent'of retrograde movement of the 'ther appear.

line rack-bar is actuated automatically and controlled by the mechanism itself, as will fur- The track 121, supporting and guiding the line rack-bar 122, is provided with a frame 'A,

having armsla and a, which are formed with supports for a shaft B, uponwhich is secured a cylinder C. This cylinder is provided'with a series of equidistant longitudinally-located undercut grooves c, Fig. IV, in each of which is located a removable lug c, having'a base portion fitting the groove, and which projects from the cylinder-surface radially with reference to the cylinder-axis and may be shifted along the groove into various longitudinal positions. These lugs are held and their longitudinal positions secured by means of sectional strips or spacers, one section of which is illustrated in Fig. XII. These sections are caused to fit the grooves snugly,"s o asto' hold the lugs quite securely against longitudinal displacement. It is thus'seen that a variety of secure positions of each lug may be obtained by removing a section of the corresponding strip from 'one' end of its groove,

'moving the 'whole line, including the lug,

along. These grooves are preferably closed at one end, as shown'in Fig. HI, each such end being provided with an adjusting abutment-screw 0, whereby the line of spacers, including the projecting lug, may be moved and adjusted by fractional parts of spacer lengths. Said cylinderis made hollow, Fig. 111, and in its interior around the shaft'B is placed a helical spring D, one end of which is secured to the cylinder and the other end of which is secured to the frame A, as shown in said Figs. II and 111. w

A stop a is secured to the frame, Fig. IX, and is located in the path of movement of a stop-lug a, secured to the cylinder 0, and

preferably upon that side of the frame nearest the lug 0 in the direction opposite that in is secured a ratchet-wheel E, Figs. II and IX,

and mounted upon said shaft intermediately of said wheel and cylinder is an oscillatory member F, having three arms f,'f Fig. 'X. The one arm, f, is provided with a stop-screw f, adapted to engage an extention a, formed on the frame A and to limit the oscillatory movement 'of said "member. The arm f carries a pawl f, which engages the ratchet-wheel, said engagement being maintained by a spring f attached atpone end to the arm f and at the other to the that there are two pawls f and f, which si- 'multaneously engage the ratchet-wheehjone of which, f, is mounted upon an oscillatory and the other of which, f, is mounted upon a fixed support, the two pawls being located, side by side.

In the frameA and below the vicinity of th ratchet-wheel are formed two pressure-cylinders A and A", Figs. IXand X, each of which is provided with a piston a anda and piston-' rods a and a, respectively, and suitable .inlets whereby fluid-pressure may be admitted below the pistons and the latter moved upwardly. Piston-rod a) is connected with arm f, and the upper end ofpiston-rod a enters a bore a, in the frame, Fig. VI, which acts as a guide in its upward movement. The normal positionthat is, that position in which the pistons occupy their lowermost positions+is maintained by springs 0t and a, respectively. H The number of teeth in the ratchet-wheel is equal with the number of grooves in the cyl' inder plus one, and said teethand the pawls when in engagement are located'so as-to cause one of the grooves to occupy 'a position suchthat a lug located therein is caused to interlimits in various angular positions..-

In addition to the return finger-piece 134, more commonly called the restoringkey, the keyboard is provided .with an additionalkey G, Fig. XIV, which operates in connectionwith said key 134, as will be"described. Such key G operates a valve G,

controlling the communication of a duct g, which is connected with the pressure-cylinder A as shown in Figs. I and II. stem 9 of said valve G is made somewhat The valve-- 'taining pistons 71 and 1?,

said'key 134, as shown in Fig. XIV, whereby it is seen that pressure is admitted into the.

duct g and the piston a actuated prior to the inauguration of the retrograde movement of the a corresponding with the rack-bar l 22, which is controlled by 'At theside' of the keyboard-frame, Fig. I, is secured a piston-casing H, in which are fo'rmedtwo pressure-cylinders h and 71/, conmounted or resting upon valve-stems Mend it, carrying at their lower ends valves it and If. .These valves are caused to normally contact their respective seats by means of springs it and h". Valve n controls communication between a duct k and a chamber h, and valve it controls communication between chamber h? and a chamher it, connected therewith through themedium'of a passage h, Fig.- X111. Chamber -means of a duct k It is connected with the pressure-supply by Fig. I. The .two pres sure-cylinders k and r k are connected with the justification-keys, which in the Lanston device are the two uppermost means of suitable ducts it and h 1n a mam.

ne'r such that the simultaneous depression-of two"justification-keys respectively located in] difier'ent rows will eiiect the simultaneous (16-: pression of pistons k and it and the conse- Y quent opening ofduct it? to the pressure-sup Duct k is connected, as shown in Fig. A", so that the I, with the pressure-cylinder f admission of fluid-pressure under; piston a efi'ects the upward movement of stem 0;. The

stem is provided with a knock-oil piece a, which is adapted on such upward movement ogsaid stem to engageand knock pawls f and f out of engagement with ratchet-wheel E. vThe frame A is preferably formed-with a asat the point 1, Fig. II.

and the track provided with aspring-latch a,

secured to its lower surface, whereby the The lower end of the arm a is preferably provided with an adjusting-screw. an; adapted to rest upon conv machine whereby the angularposition of the frame and hence the cylinder C'may be nicely adjusted. y

In the following description of the operation of. the above-described mechanism it will be assumed that the cylinder C is at the beginning resting atthe zero-pointthat is, in that position in which stop-lo gs a and stop a l are in engagement-and that as many of the lugs c as are required have been adjusted lon gitudinally in their respectivegrooves in order-that their right-hand ends, as viewed in quired and rows of keys, by,-

adapted to straddle the track and 9 hinged thereto, 7 I

'Such yoke may be formed with a shoulder a dhie'ntly adjacent portion of the 7 two adjacent keys, one in each row,

Fig. H, may occupy successive planes in which it is desired to arrest the abutting end of the rack bar in its retrograde movement, and thereby determine varying lengths of lines to be set. Now' assuming that the keyboard has been operated to perforate the strip as re- 4 such action moved to the .right to a position the end of the line and that the perforation for controlling the justifying and galley mechanisms in the casting device used in the Lanston system have been made, letit be required to-restore the mechanism and begin the perforating operation for a new line. While it has been assumed that the cylinder is at the zero-point during this described state and relation of parts, it may now be stated that such is always, as will he reinafter appear, the position at such time and during such state and relation of parts.

f To restore the mechanism, then, the rethat the rack-bar has been bystoring-key is depressed, whereby, a's willbe seen from the foregoing description, the piston a is actuated upwardly and the cylinder rotated through an angular-distance equal to that between two succeeding teeth. This action brings the projecting lug in the first v groove the rack-bar and is immediately followed by the retrograde movement of such bar. The

latter, finding its path intercepted, is arrested by such lug, which, as before noted, is set to effect such arrest in the proper plane.- The keyboard now being manipulated until the first line of the first column is completed,'the justifying-keys are operated-separately, such action, howevenhaving no eifect upon the piston 0,, since to submit it to the'fluid-pressure two justifying-keys, one in each row, must be depressed simultaneously. The mechanism is now again restored, so, as to bring the parts into proper position for beginning the first line of the ,secondieolumn, Such to bring the projecting lug in the next groove into the path of retrograde movement of the rack bar, such retrograde movement, as be fore, immediately folldwing, and this bar is arrested in the required position. The keyboard is noWmanipulated to efiect the percompletion of the perforations for the last line first'one justification-key is depressed and then are depressed. Such action opens theduct h to communication with the pressure-supply, as

will be understood from the foregoing description, thereby actuating piston a and pistonrod 0 upwardly.- Such movement knocks out the pawls'ff and f, thus releasing the ratchetinto the path of the abutting end of act, as before, rotates the cylinder C so as IIO above set forth, may be effected independently ofthe keys on the keyboard. To this end I provide the arm f of the member F with a handle f which may be used to manually oscillate member F, and so rotate the cylinder step by step, as above described.- A lever J is also provided, which is adapted to be man-' ually operated to engage the knock-off piece on piston-rod a, and so permit the cylinder to I return to the zero-point. Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employed instead of the one explained, change being made as regards the mechanism herein disclosed provided the means stated by any one of the following claims or the equivalent of such stated means I be employed.

I therefore particularly point out and distinctly claim as my invention 1. In a machine for perforating strips, the

- grade movement, means for variably determining the extent of such movement, means for actuating such determining means, and manually-controlled means for'controll-ing such actuating means.

3. In a machine for perforating strips, the combination of line-indicating'means embodying amovable part adapted to have a retrograde movement, means for determining the extent of such movement and means for simultaneously actuating said indicating means to retrogress and for actuating said determinmining the extent of such movement and oping means.

4. In a machine for perforating strips, the combination of line-indicating means embodying a movable part adapted to have a retro-' grade movement, means for. variably determining the extent of such movement and means for simultaneously actuating said indicating means to retrogress and for actuating said determining means.

5. In a machine for perforating strips, the combination with line-indicating means embodying a movable part adapted to have a retrograde movement, of mechanism for interposing in the path of such part at successive points, meansfor limiting the extent of such retrograde movement.

6. In a machine for perforating strips, the combination of line-indicating means embodying a movable part adapted to have a retrograde movement, mechanism for interposing in the path of such part at successive points, means for limiting the extent of such retrograde movement, and manually controlled means for controlling such mechanism.

7 In a machine for perforating strips, the

' combination of line-indicating means embodying a movable part adapted to have a retrograde movement, mechanism for interposing in the path of such part at successive points means for limiting the extent of such retrograde movement, and means for effecting the operation of said mechanism and the retrogression of such movable part simultaneously.

8. In a machine for perforating strips, the combination of line-indicating means embody-' ing a-mov'able part adapted to have. a retrograde movement, means for effecting such movement including a key, and means for variably determining the extent of such movement and controlled bysaid key.

9. In a machine for perforating strips, th

combination of line-indicating means embodying a movable part adapted to have a retrograde movement, restoring means for effecting such movement including a key, and means for variably determining the extent of such movement and controlled by said key, the latter being adapted to effect the inauguration of the operation of the determining means prior to the inauguration of the operation of the restoring means.

10. In a machine for perforating strips, the combination of line-indicating means embodying a movable part adapted to have a retrograde movement, restoring means for eflecting such movement including a key, means controlled by said key for variably determining the extent of such movement, and means for returning such determining means to a constant initial position.

11. In a machine for perforating strips, the combination of line-indicating means embodying a movable part adapted to havea retro.

grade movement, restoring means for effecting such movement, means for variably deterreturning such determining means to a constant initial position, and means for controlling said returning means, such latter means adapted to'control the mechanism for designating the perforations adapted to'inaugurate the movement ofthe galley mechanism.ji 13. In a machine for perforating strips and embodying movable line indicating means adapted to have a retrograde movement, the combination with a rotatable cylinder .-pr vided with projections extending radially with;

reference to the cylinder waxis, of means for. imparting to said cylinder an mterm1t'tentrotating movement, whereby said projections,

- may be successively interposed in the pathu of cylinder-axis, of means for impart ng to said cylinder an intermittent rotating movement'- retrogression ofsaid indicatingrneans.

14. In a machine for perforatingstrips' and embodying movable line indieati-ng means adapted to have a retrograde movement','the combination with a rotatable cylinder'fprovided with longitudinally-adjnstable-- projecr tions extending radially with reference t'olthe whereby said projections may be successively i r r' li h path of retrogression f said lndicating means. j I 1 15. In a machine for perforatingstrips and,

;eflt'ect such movement, the combination With w rotatable cylinder provided-iwithprojections extending" radially with reference tozthe cyl'-*' index-f.- axis, fotmearis for iim parting. to, said 1 yvherebysaid project-ions mayl )e. successively mterposed 1n the pathof 'r-fetrogression of said cylinder an. inte-rmi'ttent' rotating movement indicating" means, saiid rotating; means l:i'ein, g; v

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